Posted: November 1st, 2017

An incoherent female client with a history of hypothyroidism

An incoherent female client with a history of hypothyroidism is brought to the emergency department by the rescue squad.

Physical and laboratory findings reveal hypothermia, hypoventilation, respiratory acidosis, bradycardia, hypotension, and nonpitting edema of the face and pretibial area.

Knowing that these findings suggest severe hypothyroidism, nurse Libby prepares to take emergency action to prevent the potential complication of:

A. Thyroid storm.
B. Cretinism.
C. myxedema coma.
D. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.